BNN's Suyudi said that North Sumatra and Aceh have long served as primary entry points for transnational drug trafficking ...

South East Asian energy and natural resources company MedcoEnergi has agreed to acquire operating interests in two production ...

Behind the beauty of the Lake Toba area in North Sumatra, it turns out that the embers of conflict from decades ago are ...

TEBO, Indonesia — Dewita’s voice cracked through tears as she read her personal statement before a court on Dec. 3 in Tebo, a ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong and shallow earthquake shook Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Saturday, killing a resident, injuring 11 and damaging more than a a dozen houses and buildings, police ...

PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — More than 300 forest and peatland fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island caused hazy skies across the region on Monday, prompting government officials to ask people to work ...

František Příbrský is a zoologist who has devoted his life to protecting animals in the wild. In Sumatra he founded an NGO to protect slow lorises against poachers, ...

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) stated that earthquakes in West Sumatra Province experience a 50-100-year ...

Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in Sumatra, Indonesia, have resulted in at least 26 confirmed deaths and 11 people missing. Monsoon rains and rising rivers have submerged ...

The oft-disaster-battered island of Sumatra may have yet another threat to add to the roster of natural phenomena that afflict the Indonesian island: colossal volcanic eruptions. Although Sumatra ...